Environmental and economic aspects of higher RES penetration into Macedonian power system

Ćosić, Boris; Markovska, Nataša; Krajačić, Goran; Taseska, Verica; Duić, Neven

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.10.042

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“…It has already been used to recreate many different energy systems and devise numerous energy scenarios. For example, authors of [29] and [33] used the model to simulate different scenarios for the Macedonian energy system. In [32] and [34] EnergyPLAN has been used to model the Danish energy system and to analyze the potential for the integration of RES.…”

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Agent based modelling and energy planning – Utilization of MATSim for transport energy demand modelling

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The transportation sector is one of the major energy consumers in most energy systems and a large portion of the energy demand is linked to road transport and personal vehicles. It accounted for 32.8% of the final energy consumption of Croatia in 2011 making it the second most energy demanding sector. Because of their higher efficiency, a modal switch from conventional internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to greatly reduce the overall energy demand of the transport sector. Our previous work has shown that a transition to EVs in a combination with a modal split from air and road to rail transport can reduce the energy consumption in Croatia by 99 PJ, which is approximately 59%, by the year 2050 when compared to the business as usual scenario. The goal of this paper is to model the hourly distribution of the energy consumption of EVs and use the calculated load curves to test their impact on the Croatian energy system. The hourly demand for the transport sector has been calculated using the agent-based modelling tool MATSim on a simplified geographic layout. The impact EVs have on the energy system has been modelled using EnergyPLAN.

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“…The impact of different optimisation criteria on energy systems has been discussed in [54] in great detail. The CO2 content of the different fuels has been taken from [33].…”

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Agent based modelling and energy planning – Utilization of MATSim for transport energy demand modelling

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Perković

Ban

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Energy

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“…In general, it can be said that EnergyPLAN model is specialized for large scale integration of renewable energy sources in energy systems and resulting environmental and economic aspects of the integration. [26][27][28][29] The optimization of the most appropriate mix of photovoltaics (PV) and wind turbines in the island system was done by using ENERGYPLAN. At first, it has been considered that all electricity is produced from wind turbines.…”

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Sustainability of remote communities: 100% renewable island of Hvar

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2013

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Island communities require in-detail mapping of resources available for exploitation for energy purposes, since infrastructure and connections to the mainland present, in most cases, a weak point of the island energy supply. As the present energy supply on Croatian islands relies mostly on fossil fuels and electricity from the mainland, it becomes obvious that exploitation of renewable energy sources is the only solution that leads towards self-sufficiency and sustainable development. In order to design a self-sufficient and sustainable island, three major technological changes are needed: integration of renewable energy sources alongside with energy savings and improvements in energy efficiency in the energy production. Analyses for several other Croatian islands have been performed using Renewislands/ADEG methodology in order to assess all possible outcomes. The scenarios in these cases have shown that islands can become selfsufficient through combining renewable technologies and energy storage systems. Energy storage systems will be crucial for achieving desired objectives in terms of energy independence from the mainland and in general import of fossil fuels. The analysis conducted for the island of Hvar will result in creation of several scenarios which will clearly point out the favorable solutions for improvement of both security of energy supply and covering the majority of energy demand with renewable energy sources and storage technologies. Also, when talking about implementation of renewable technologies on island of Hvar, an optimal mix of technologies must be applied in order to avoid excess costs and to achieve minimal impact on environment in terms of visual pollution. V C 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

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“…In [11] PHS is used in order to achieve 100% electricity supply for Portugal. A similar solution in [12] PHS is proposed for achieving a high share of wind and solar electricity supply for Croatia, increasing wind penetration and reducing of CO 2 emissions in Macedonia [13] and also to reduce the wind curtailment in Europe as described in [14].…”

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Analysis of financial mechanisms in support to new pumped hydropower storage projects in Croatia

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h i g h l i g h t s" The most widespread storage in power systems is the pumped/reversible hydro storage. " The electricity market does not adequately rewarded all services that PHS provide to the electricity system. " The FIT-GO varies in the range of 42-265 €/MW h for an average capacity factor of 20%. a r t i c l e i n f o t r a c tThis paper analyses potential supporting schemes for pumped hydro storage (PHS) facilities in Croatia, which would guarantee recovery of the investment cost, with feed-in tariffs -for instance -which would guarantee payment for discharging wind-originated power as a reward for boosting the integration of renewable energy sources (RESs). The payment level acts as a floor basis for the PHS operator during the decision-making process to contract fixed payments for wind support or to act market-free on other market segments, through price arbitrage and reserve provision. The market share required for the efficient operation of a PHS facility and the levels of feed-in tariff (FIT) are set mathematically. Main findings put the level of FIT for an applied project in Croatia in the range 42-265 €/MW h for an average load factor of 20%, depending on particular local conditions, such as the level of wind power curtailment in the system, the power price for charging the storage and the number of pumps and penstocks, which could lower the capital cost. It is claimed that not all services that PHS provides to the electricity system are adequately rewarded by the electricity market, and thus there is a serious uncertainty as to how investment costs in energy storage would be recovered. Other elements, outside the market, are likely to influence the operation of PHS, such as the regulated level of a desirable rate of curtailment of RES power excess, the adequate level of energy security and the reserve margins which PHS could help to ensure.

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Environmental and economic aspects of higher RES penetration into Macedonian power system

Cited by 36 publications

References 18 publications

Agent based modelling and energy planning – Utilization of MATSim for transport energy demand modelling

Agent based modelling and energy planning – Utilization of MATSim for transport energy demand modelling

Sustainability of remote communities: 100% renewable island of Hvar

Analysis of financial mechanisms in support to new pumped hydropower storage projects in Croatia

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